the scientific study of the mind and behaviour

when an animal or human assumes another being is causing a natural event

the scientific study of how the mind works, functions and behaves

something that exists beyond the laws of nature

a widely held but irrational belief in supernatural influences such as good and bad luck being caused by behaviours

Cognitive science of religion

Religious education

Defining religion

The temporal lobe

Religion as nature or nurture

Possible psychological benefits of religion

Possible psychological explanations for religion

In this unit there is a choice. Through a social science lens, pupils consider how psychologists analyse the phenomenon of religion. Or they may study the flowering of philosophy at the time of the Enlightenment through a depth study of Hobbes and Rousseau and their ideas of religion and society.

Psychology of religion or Religion and political philosophy

Put these events into the correct historical order.

Religious ideas have only been around for the last 4000 years.

Religious ideas are only found in some countries in the world.

Religious ideas have been found in every culture across the world.

Someone has to be part of a religion to accept religious ideas.

Which term is a social science which studies the mind?

When we think there is a being that has caused an event to happen it can be known as agent ...

Which term means a widely held but irrational belief in supernatural influences such as good and bad luck being caused by behaviours?

Humans have evolved to eat fruit and vegetables.

Humans have evolved to see order and design in the natural world.

Humans have evolved to assume there is a being or force behind natural events.

Humans have evolved to run upright for hunting animals.

Which statements could describe how evolution could link to religious ideas?

Which term means 'facts or information that support an idea'? 

Which term is used in religious education to refer to a person's way of understanding, experiencing and responding to the world?

Which term means an acceptance that something is true without needing to have proof?

Which part of the human body is in charge of processing information and thoughts?

Which term describes the process by which living things develop and change over time and generations?

Cognitive science of religion

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